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In 1944- a German Jewish refugee is sent to Wales to interview Rudolf Hess; in Snowdonia- a seventeen-year-old girl- the daughter of a fiercely nationalistic shepherd- dreams of the bright lights of an English city; and in a nearby POW camp- a German soldier struggles to reconcile his surrender with his sense of honour. As their lives intersect- all three will come to question where they belong and where their loyalties lie. Peter Ho Daviess thought-provoking and profoundly moving first novel traces a perilous wartime romance as it explores the bonds of love and duty that hold us to family- country- and ultimately our fellow man. Vividly rooted in history and landscape- THE WELSH GIRL reminds us anew of the pervasive presence of the past- and the startling intimacy of the foreign....